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Explore more than 100 forms, sample policies, toolkits, magazines and templates. Our library is your ultimate resource for writing effective policies, ensuring your operations are seamless and compliant with the National Law and Regulations under the National Quality Framework.

Note: All of CELA's policies are reviewed and updated annually, or as required. Once updated, members will be notified via email and through the Member Hub.

Copyright information: All documents are the copyright of Community Early Learning Australia (CELA). The reproduction and distribution of these materials without written consent from CELA is forbidden. We request that members do not share these materials with people outside of their service. 

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Essential Insights: Community Governance in 2026 - Five Things Committees Need

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Essential Insights: Community Governance in 2026 - Five Things Committees Need

Community governance in 2026 brings both challenge and opportunity.

Created: April 2026

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Essential Insights: Starting the Paramountcy Conversation

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Essential Insights: Starting the Paramountcy Conversation

This recording supports educators and service leaders to deepen their understanding of paramountcy and how it applies within early childhood education and care settings.

Created: March 2026

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Essential Insights webinar: NQF Child Safety Session 1

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Essential Insights webinar: NQF Child Safety Session 1

This concise and targeted Essential Insights webinar unpacks the latest child safety changes to the National Quality Framework (NQF) - effective 1 September 2025.

Created: September 2025

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Being an Educational Leader – Curriculum Development

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Being an Educational Leader – Curriculum Development

Join us for this member webinar where participants will: review their understanding of the curriculum planning process and links with philosophy, develop strategies to assist in articulating and evaluating their curriculum, and more.

Created: September 2021

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Essential Insights webinar: NQF Child Safety Session 2

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Essential Insights webinar: NQF Child Safety Session 2

This concise and targeted Essential Insights webinar unpacks the latest child safety changes to the National Quality Framework (NQF) - effective 1 September 2025 to 1 January 2026.

Created November 2025

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Essential Insights: Strengthening Committee and Director Relationships

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Essential Insights: Strengthening Committee and Director Relationships

Community-managed early childhood services thrive when committees and directors work in partnership. This recorded Essential Insights member webinar explores the difference between governance and management, clarifies professional roles and boundaries, and offers practical strategies for building strong, respectful relationships.

Developed: October 2025

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Essential Insights: Making musical memories with children

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Essential Insights: Making musical memories with children

This pre-recorded webinar is designed to equip trainees, educators, and teachers with effective strategies for integrating music into early childhood education programs. By the end of the webinar, educators will be equipped with a diverse range of strategies to create engaging musical experiences that support children's holistic development and instill a lifelong appreciation for music.

Developed: May 2025

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Essential Insights: Strengthening Teams for Success

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Essential Insights: Strengthening Teams for Success

This recorded webinar equips early childhood leaders and educators with practical skills and strategies to build strong, collaborative teams while leading confidently through change. 

Explore ways to foster resilience, trust, and adaptability within your teams to support the successful implementation of new initiatives and drive continuous improvement across education and care settings.

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Essential Insights: Promoting Resilience Amongst Educators and Children

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Essential Insights: Promoting Resilience Amongst Educators and Children

This pre-recorded webinar will support educators to build a toolkit of ideas and strategies that can easily be integrated in an early childhood environment to empower educators and children alike to thrive in the face of adversity, promoting emotional well-being and life skills to cope with varying challenges.

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Investing in young people webinar with Y Careers

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Investing in young people webinar with Y Careers

If you’re a director in an early childhood education and care service, this webinar is designed to show how young people can bring energy, innovation, and long-term value to your team.

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Essential Insights webinar: Positive strategies for guiding children's behaviour

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Essential Insights webinar: Positive strategies for guiding children's behaviour

This webinar will provide an insight into children’s behaviours and how educators can support children through co-regulation and guidance strategies.

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Essential Insights webinar: Cultivating Cultural Safety and Equity

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Essential Insights webinar: Cultivating Cultural Safety and Equity

This 30 minute webinar explores strategies to reflect on how your service makes families, children and educators alike feel safe to express their cultural background, beliefs, and values.  

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Sample Job Descriptions

Administration Officer

As an Administrative Officer, you are expected to be an active team member of a team which provides high quality early childhood education and care to children. This includes all matters relating to administrative and financial nature of the service. 

Updated: April 2026

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Thinking About

Preparing Educators for Assessment

Talking about the quality of your education and care service is one topic that all educators and staff should be effective in communicating; whether this is with families, children, the community, management or an Authorised Officer. We need to be able to identify what quality means in our individual service and how this is reflected in the education and care we provide.

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Developing Policy

An essential part of the operation of any education and care setting is the development and implementation of policy for the community of children, families and staff. This document provides a broad overview of, and introduction to, the policy planning process and some initial considerations.

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